Flow disruptions impacting the surgeon during cardiac surgery: Defining the boundaries of the error space

While there is value in identifying the frequency of flow disruptions, this only addresses part of the problem. What is missing from analyses of this sort is the time that the healthcare professional is separated from their central task; in this case the surgeon performing thoracic surgery. This paper provides a conceptual and quantitative metric that allows for the practical application of proactive methods for identifying systemic threats.